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alphafemale

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9. Elder Abuse? WTF

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:12 PM

Sep 2012

Since when is 51 elderly?

Child protective services should have stepped in long before now to get that child out of that hell hole.

And I have a nagging suspicion that she's not so disabled that she hasn't been able to beat him with whatever was within reach over the years.

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disabled mom beaten severely by her primary caregiver - her 11 year old son [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 OP

This poor kid. I hope the judge is merciful. No 11 yr old should be a primary caretaker riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #1

11 with the whole weight of the household on him? aquart Sep 2012 #2

So very sad. I hope they both get the help they clearly need. Brickbat Sep 2012 #3

awful. ceile Sep 2012 #4

This family desperately needs help me b zola Sep 2012 #5

She'll be warehoused in a nursing home on Medicaid. Warpy Sep 2012 #6

correction pnwmom Sep 2012 #7

yes it would cost less to do the humane thing, and I guess that means... CreekDog Sep 2012 #14

God lord...he's likely in the 5th grade. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #8

Elder Abuse? WTF alphafemale Sep 2012 #9

Unless she is mentally incapacitated she needs to be held to account also. dkf Sep 2012 #10

From where I sit at 50 ... I second the WTF etherealtruth Sep 2012 #15

I'm sorry but my sympathies are with the boy...the mom should have given up custody. dkf Sep 2012 #11

thanks for posting more details. tragic. So the father knew the boy was the caretaker Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #13

No 11yr old should ever be the primary caregiver of anyone, an 11yr needs to be taken care of not Raine Sep 2012 #12

! etherealtruth Sep 2012 #16